Met a local 1st gen. Insight owner today (he's toying with the idea of EV conversion)

[MetroMPG]

Saw the car leaving Home Depot ahead of me. It caught my attention (aside from being a cool car) because Insights are pretty rare in Canada - fewer than 400 1st gen's were sold here, and there are no other ones in this city of 21,000 people.

Several turns later, he was still ahead of me, so I stuck behind him into a neighbourhood and parked at the curb when he pulled into his driveway.

I wonder if he thought I was stalking him... EcoStalker.com!

2000 model year, 5 speed, 150,000 kms, original battery. Dark grey.

I showed him the ForkenSwift (he said he'd thought he'd seen it on the web already).

We exchanged email addresses with the idea we'd meet up on a nicer day to take a closer look at & drive each other's cars. (I've ridden in but never driven an Insight.)

[Old Tele man]

...serendipidity: one one-of-a-kind meets another one-of-a-kind!

[will88]

that sounds cool try your best to convert him we need all the ev drivers we can get

[discovery]

Originally Posted by MetroMPG

Insights are pretty rare in Canada - fewer than 700 1st gen's were sold here, and there are no other ones in this city of 21,000 people.

we'd meet up on a nicer day to take a closer look at & drive each other's cars. (I've ridden in but never driven an Insight.)

This is rare, i mean rare in a town of 21K. You should meet. If don't, come down here in the south i'll find you one to drive. It is a must 100 cars to drive. You can even spin tires with it or not, if you wish you can hypermile in it

[MetroMPG]

Talked to this Insight owner again recently... his pack since died.

I pointed him to RobertSmall's excellent thread about DIY pack refurbishing:

DIY Solutions to Honda Hybrid Battery Problems (Insight, Civic, IMA)